Industry News

2020-11-16

DOE publishes strategic framework for hydrogen effort 13 November 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) yesterday released its Hydrogen Program Plan to provide a strategic framework for its hydrogen research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) activities.
2020-11-13

Detailed testing of IMSR fuel salt starts

Terrestrial Energy and the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) have begun detailed testing of the fuel salt for Terrestrial's Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR).
2020-11-12

NuScale announces SMR power uprate

NuScale Power has announced a 25% increase in power output for its NuScale Power Module small modular reactor, which it says will lead to significant cost savings.
2020-11-11

European project to bolster earthquake protection

A new EU-funded project aims to improve confidence in nuclear safety by advancing the approach to seismic safety assessments for nuclear power plants.
2020-11-10

3D-printed fuel parts complete initial irradiation cycle

Fuel elements produced by Framatome using 3D printing technology have completed the first cycle of irradiation at the Gösgen nuclear power plant in Switzerland.
2020-11-05

Supply agreement signed for medical isotope from Candu reactors

ITM Medical Isotopes GmbH of Germany and Framatome-Kinectrics joint venture Isogen have signed a formal supply arrangement to provide a reliable supply of lutetium-177 (Lu-177) to the world's health-care system using Bruce Power's Candu reactors as a key supply source.
2020-11-04

Belarus grid-connects its first nuclear unit

Unit 1 of the first nuclear power plant to be built in Belarus has been connected to the grid and is supplying electricity, Rosatom announced today.
2020-11-02

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant passes restart review

Japan's Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) today approved the operational safety programme submitted by Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) for its seven-unit Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant.
2020-10-30

France and Romania plan joint work on Cernavoda project

France and Romania have signed a declaration of intent on cooperation in the civil nuclear field, which aims, among other things, to work "with strategic partners" to build units 3 and 4 of the Cernavoda nuclear power plant and to upgrade unit 1.
2020-10-29

CIS nations to form nuclear regulatory association

The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) plans to establish an association of nuclear energy regulators and organisations that provide scientific and technical support.

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